CIO TIPS: SURVIVING AN M&A

M&A's are good for shareholders, perhaps. Excellent for investment bankers, for sure. But for CIOs, mergers and acquisitions mean rough weather ahead.

CIOs need to start planning an integration strategy as soon as they have knowledge of the deal, with a goal of being "90% confident about the IT plans by the date of the deal's close.

Once the deal is closed, successful CIOs will make integration their top priority This is the obvious point that people most often overlook.

Let us support you through the critical planning and execution process of the M&A.

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Operational risk management....the difference between risk management and compliance

There seems to be a good deal of confusion about the role of the compliance function vs. the role of the risk management function. In many organisations risk management has been subsumed into the audit organisation. Has audit become risk management and if not, what's the difference between the audit/assurance/regulatory/compliance function and risk management

Financial Times business continuity survey

Compliance mandates, risk requirements and market forces are substantially driving the heightened importance of BCP in Banking and Finance.

BCP is not just about data. The survey underscores the need to view planning in a holistic manner, to fully assess and evaluate the people, processes and procedures that impact an organizations ability to operate in the face of planned or unplanned downtime.

In many cases BCP is just done to meet regulatory requirements with as little effort and involvement from the organisation as possible. Companies miss opportunities to understand critical inefficiencies in the organisations and improve business resiliance to assure operations is not disturbed and risks are managed properly.

We help companies to understand their challenges and transform this into strategies and solutions that benefit business management and achieves critical competitive advantages.